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venkatesh SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 14 SlOkam – Original na mAm dhushkruthinO mUdA: prapadhyanthE narAdhamA: | mAyayA’pahruthagyAnA: Asuram bhAvam ASrithA: || word-by-word meaning mUdA: – fools narAdhamA: – lowest among men mAyayA apahrutha gyAnA: – those with knowledge which has been destroyed by mAyA … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 14 Simple na māṁ duṣkṛtino mūḍhāḥ prapadyante narādhamāḥ māyayāpahṛta-jñānā āsuraṁ bhāvam āśritāḥ ‘Men of evil deeds, the ignorant, ignoble men, divorced of understanding by māyā, and men of demoniac nature, do not resort to Me.[1. See Lecture XVI for … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 13.5 SlOkam – Original mAm Eva yE prapadhyanthE mAyAm EthAm tharanthi thE || word-by-word meaning yE – those mAm Eva – me only prapadhyanthE – surrender unto thE – they EthAm mAyAm – this material nature/realm tharanthi – cross … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 13.5 Simple mām eva ye prapadyante māyām etāṁ taranti te ‘Those alone who resort to Me as their Refuge overcross this māyā.’ Those, who resign themselves to Me alone as their Refuge and Protection, —Me, the Firm-Willed, —Me, the … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 13 SlOkam – Original dhaivI hyEshA guNamayI mama mAyA dhurathyayA | word-by-word meaning mama – mine EshA – this guNamayI – filled with three qualities mAyA – material nature/realm dhaivI – since created by me who is the dhEva … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 13 Simple daivī hy eṣā guṇa-mayī mama māyā duratyayā ‘Verily is this, My divine guṇa-imbued māyā, hard to surmount.’ Inasmuch as this my māyā, —permeate with the characteristics of satva, rajas, and tamas,— is daivi or created by Me, … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 12 SlOkam – Original thribhir guNamayair bhAvair Ebhi: sarvam idham jagath | mOhitham nAbhijAnAthi mAm Ebhya: param avyayam || word-by-word meaning sarvam idham jagath – all jIvAthmAs in this world Ebhi: thribhi: guNamayai: bhAvai: – by the objects which … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 12 Simple tribhir guṇa-mayair bhāvair ebhiḥ sarvam idaṁ jagat mohitaṁ nābhijānāti mām ebhyaḥ param avyayam ‘Beguiled is the world by things possessed of these three qualities. That I am the Exhaustless, Superior to these, it knoweth not.’ All this … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 11 SlOkam – Original yE chaiva sAthvikA bhAvA rAjasAs thAmasAS cha yE | maththa EvEthi thAn vidhdhi na thvaham thEshu thE mayi || word-by-word meaning yE cha Eva sAthvikA: bhAvA: – Those entities in this world which have abundance … Read more
SrI: SrImathE SatakOpAya nama: SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Chapter 7 << Chapter 7 verse 11 Simple ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṁ teṣu te mayi ‘Those things that are sātvika[1. Read Lect: XIV for a discourse on this subject. Sātvika things are those in … Read more